Wal-Mart is working on alternatives to plastic bags for customers. They want to estimate with 95% confidence and no more than 4% error theproportion of shoppers who would like an alternative to plastic bags. How many customers should they sample? An environmental group claims that 67% favor alternatives to plastic.

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Wal-Mart is working on alternatives to plastic bags for customers. They want to estimate with 95% confidence and no more than 4% error theproportion of shoppers who would like an alternative to plastic bags. How many customers should they sample? An environmental group claims that 67% favor alternatives to plastic. 

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